B.C. teacher banned for life over sex with former student

Copy Link Email X Reddit Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr B.C. teacher banned for life over sexual relationship with former student The B.C. Commissioner for Teacher Regulation said the 'vulnerable' Indigenous student had expressed an interest in 'land-based education'

Join the conversation File photo of a classroom. Photo by Getty Images Article content A B.C. high school teacher has been banned from the profession for life after initiating a sexual relationship with a “vulnerable” Indigenous student soon after graduation.

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Theodore Donald Ewald agreed to the ban in a consent resolution agreement with the B.C. Commissioner for Teacher Regulation posted online Tuesday.

In the agreement, Ewald admitted he taught the student, who had expressed an interest in “land-based education” as a way to connect to the student’s Indigenous culture.